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Luxury Consumption Tendencies in Recession: Early Evidence
This articles focuses on an exploratory study conducted to understand how people across various industries, markets and cultures think about effect of recession on their luxury consumption.

Barriers to African External Trade
Attempts to expand Africa’s trade have been hampered by both internal and external constraints or barriers.
Enhancing Africa’s Trade: From Marginalization to an Export-Led Approach to Development
This paper reviews Africa’s role in the global trading system and discusses the constraints and options for Africa to move from its current marginalization to an exportled approach to economic development.

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CHINA FRANCHISE UPDATE
China is the worlds most populace country and emerging as one of the largest consumer markets in the world, soon to led by only the United States. China's increasing middle class has a desire and appetite for western brands and products. A strong component of this dynamic are the products and services provided by U.S. franchisors. The challenge is to match the appeal of foreign franchise brands with the demand of the Chinese consumer. Recent actions by the Chinese Government have raised the price of admission for foreign franchisors.
OPENING THE DOOR IN THE EAST TO WESTERN CAPITAL
Many companies in Eurasia are looking to the West for capital, expertise, and much more these days. But few actually have the necessary experience, contacts, and knowledge to acquire them. The rapid growth and development of Eurasia’s economies and a resurgence of its domestic markets has sprawled the need for additional financial resources in the form of loans, investments, and other financial instruments. Western companies can also take advantage of the exciting opportunities currently available in Eurasia. This article shows the way for both.
VIII. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION: Stock Market Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Over the past few decades, the world stock markets have surged, and emerging markets have accounted for a large amount of this boom. In Africa, new stock markets have been established in Ghana, Malawi, Swaziland, Uganda, and Zambia. The rapid development of stock markets in Africa does not mean that even the most advanced African stock markets are mature.
Best Western India Franchise to add 10 more hotels by 2009 end
In a bid to expand its footprint in the Indian market, Best Western India has plans to foray into metro cities. Best Western has plans to add 10 more hotels to its Indian portfolio, which will add around 800 rooms to the existing inventory by 2009 end. At present, the company has 22 hotels under management and franchise agreements. However, 18 hotels in different locations including Goa, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Pune, Ooty, Mysore, Jalandhar and Ludhiana are in the final stages of negotiation with developers. Besides, Best Western India plans to open a hotel management institute attached to its Bhubaneswar hotel, in the next two years.
Generating Leads and Dominating In Niche Markets
Developing niche markets focuses on identifying a small but focused segment of the potential customers, understanding their unique needs and addressing them by accordingly positioning your business. Generating leads and focusing on niche markets makes business sense for small business owners as big companies cannot survive only by focusing on these markets and therefore, often ignore them.
How well are you Weathering the Storm?
While there have been ups and downs in the business world, over the last 20+ years for the most part, many of us in the western world have been able to ride on the back of posterity and market growth. Up until the GFC, many fortunate sales people and business people found making sales straightforward and easy, however these tougher, contracting markets have left many wanting in the sales stakes. The current breed of 20-40 year old sales people and business people had never experienced business under these conditions before.
International Marketing - Engaging Consulting Firms
How can a business owner tap into new consumer bases to strengthen her company? A business owner can find new consumer bases by expanding into international markets, especially in the markets of India, China, and western Africa. All that is required is asking for help from a management consulting firm specializing in international marketing.

Managing in China Without Coaching
- Published by CONCHIUS in Shanghai Star Business Journal 31 March, 2008. In most Western countries, leaders are used to working in an environment where the employees are highly participating in meetings and contributing their opinions and experiences to the decision making process. A Western employee feels comfortable to argue for their beliefs and to share opinions in meetings with superiors. Furthermore, a manager in the West is not necessarily assumed to be an expert in his field or industry. On the contrary, he is supposed to utilize the knowledge in his team in decisions and projects. The Western managers are therefore used to lead highly interactive teams relying heavily on two-way communication. When a team achieves strong synergy, he can and will step down. The team becomes creative and manage it-self.
Tax Directives Assist Investment Flow to Asia
The article highlights a recent legislation change that has potential to drive investments from western markets to jurisdictions in Asia. Jurisdictions in Asia such as Singapore and Hong Kong have several advantages for offshore banking and offshore company formation, which are covered in the article.
The Power of Compound Interest in a Globalized Economy
Smart investors have always looked to international markets for specific opportunities related to diversification, globalization, and efficiencies resulting from deployment of information technology to lower cost labor markets around the globe, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post as it reveals the power of compound growth in a globalized economy and that investing in emerging international markets is far more compelling now than in the past.
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